Top 8 European footballers with South-East Asian origin

Once touted as a future star of Scottish football, Maloney was born in Sarawak, Malaysia to British parents before his family moving back to Scotland when he was five years old. The 32-year-old attacking midfielder, who currently plays for Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire, admitted that he had a chance to play for his home nation, Malaysia but never got any contacts from them. Former Celtic star made his full international debut for Scotland in 2005.

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An Indonesian who has a huge passion to follow South-East Asian football, Eric Noveanto currently writes about the Indonesian Super League and other regions for Goal Indonesia. Has also previously written for Goal Asia and BallBall.